A BRAZEN Blue Badge cheat can today be unmasked – as a wealthy councillor with the authority who issue them.

Councillor Sohan Singh steered his silver ­Mercedes into a ­disabled parking bay outside a council HQ.

It’s understood he has admitted to colleagues that he displayed a blue badge which belongs to a ­disabled relative. The badge, issued by ­Glasgow City ­Council, gives free parking to the holder until 2014.

Last night, the council’s Labour group announced a “thorough investigation” into Singh’s ­conduct.

Singh was elected in May, and was a city baillie, which meant he would often be asked to stand in for the Lord Provost on official business.

But he was stripped of the honour after he was exposed as an illegal landlord.

He further upset ­Glasgow’s Licensing Board for the way he runs the Lorne Hotel in the city.

Last week, the Sunday Mail revealed that he faces a court sequestration action in December over a £100,000 loan. He’ll be forced to stand down as a councillor if he is made bankrupt.

On October 11, Councillor Singh, 58, represented his local authority at a meeting of the Strathclyde Fire Board at the HQ of South Lanarkshire Council in Hamilton.

One witness said: “I ­recognised him straight away. He strolled off, leaving his Merc in one of the few disabled bays available.

“He looked like he didn’t have a care in the world.”

Sources say that when ­confronted Singh admitted it was his niece’s badge.

A Labour group ­spokesman said: “Abuse of blue badges is an extremely serious matter, and the council’s business manager will carry out a thorough investigation into these allegations.”

Fraudulent use of a blue badge carries a penalty of up to £1000.

Richard Hamer, director of external affairs at Capability Scotland,­ said: “The Blue Badge Scheme is in ­danger of being brought into disrepute by the selfish actions of those who misuse friends’ or ­relatives’ badges.”